News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Franklin Tejeda, age 36, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2017, to 87 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for his role in an international pill distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: #OfficerWellness. The United States Attorney’s Office will implement an online messaging campaign in September during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month to highlight the importance of law enforcement wellness and suicide prevention. According to Badge of Life, more officers die of suicide than...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Julian Campbell, 23, of Chicago was sentenced to 40 months today in U.S. District Court for his role in stealing more than $150,000 in luxury handbags from Saks Fifth Avenue at Plaza Frontenac. Campbell is the sixth of eight defendants to be sentenced in U.S. v. Dejaun Wingard et al. An additional five defendants await trial in U.S. v. William Curry et al.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: DNA is the stuff of life, but it is also the stuff of nanotechnology. Because molecules of DNA with complementary chemical structures recognize and bind to one another, strands of DNA can fit together like Lego blocks to make nanoscale objects of complex shape and structure.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Due to escalating fire danger in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, park officials have closed Hilina Pali Road from the Mauna Iki Trailhead and Mauna Loa Road at the gate past Kīpukapuaulu. Non-motorized day use such as hiking and bicycling will be permitted, and backcountry camping on Mauna Loa is allowed with a permit.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Changes to closing and opening dates have been made for areas in Arches National Park. The closures are a result of the on-going road construction project occurring in the park. Below are the new dates.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Michael Ray Alford, 50, of Youngstown, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison after a jury convicted him on June 20, 2017, of receipt and possession of child pornography. Alford had been previously convicted in the Northern District of Florida of a child pornography offense in 2002. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Kenneth James Hill, 69, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison after pleading guilty on June 15, 2017, to attempted enticement of a minor for sex and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - A Chinese national was sentenced to three years imprisonment Thursday after being arrested last year for attempting to illegally export high-grade carbon fiber to China. The 2016 arrest was a result of an operation initiated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Anthonio Dicentes, 37, formerly of Hodgdon, Maine and recently of Florida, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: The one-lane bridge over the Skagit River to the North Cascades Visitor Center and Newhalem campground will be closed for maintenance beginning Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. The week-long project includes resurfacing the bridge deck as well rock stabilization on the bridge approach.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Julius Pearson, 27, a former federal corrections officer from Madison County, Mississippi, was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2017, by Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, to 12 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for bribery, announced Acting U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Peter Lundberg, 60, of St. Ann, Missouri, pled guilty to one count of bank robbery in United States District Court on Sept. 1, 2017, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, today announced that Robert Canales, 34, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in a 28 person conspiracy involved in distributing meth in southwest Missouri.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Following the multiple explosions at the Arkema chemical facility in Crosby, Texas, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, is asking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to respond to potential shortcomings in the facility's readiness for a worst-case chemical incident and the Trump Administration's deep budget cuts that were proposed for EPA's chemical safety program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Hector Tavoris Gonzalez, age 30, of Wellford, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to a single-count indictment charging violations of felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm after sustaining...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Restricted Military Equipment Sold To Customers In Foreign Nations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Tikita Foster, age 31, of Spartanburg, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to a single-count indictment charging violations of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a firearm and ammunition...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - See the exhibit of the winning entries to the 2017 Hidden History Photo Contest now at Tamarack. With forty-seven heritage-based images on display, this annual contest provides an opportunity for West Virginia amateur adult and youth photographers to capture hidden and not-so-hidden elements...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERISON PERALTA, 39, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin trafficking ring.
